“Having known them for over a year and watched them grow from almost nothing to approaching 1 million users and thousands of school districts in a short period of time was very impressive. You don’t see that very often in this space,” Jami told VentureBeat.

Jani sees Schoology’s strength in its diverse set of tools: “This is not simply a fun LinkedIn for teachers and students to connect, but a powerful platform that can build robust tests, incorporate grading, embed content from around the web, create robust controls for administration, integrate deeply with existing third-party school systems for information retrieval, and even provide great visibility tools for parents.”